Book Review: Return to Launch
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Return to Launch: Florida and America’s Space Industry Author: Stephen C. Smith Format:
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The Skylab 2 crew in happier times, NASA photo: “The three members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission discuss their scheduled...
From Matthew Serge Guy’s Kickstarter, “The Meow-cury 14”: “The cats in training harnesses. Félicette on bottom right.” On November 7, 2010, over seven years ago,...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Mark Lardas Title: Mission: Tomorrow: New Stories of the Future of Space Exploration Editor: Bryan Thomas Schmidt NSS Amazon link for...
NASA photo, labeled Sept. 22, 1969: “These three astronauts have been named by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as the prime crew of...
NASA photo, 1973: “Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot for Skylab 2 (first Skylab manned) mission, looks over off-duty recreational equipment in the crew quarters of...
By Dale Skran NSS Executive Vice President The last two months of 2017 are shaping up as a very exciting time for space development. On...
1. Drop Tower Challenge: Microgravity Expulsion from Water Teams of grade 9-12 students are challenged to design and build objects that sink in water in...
From NASA: “In the shadow of Saturn, unexpected wonders appear. The robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn drifted in giant planet’s shadow for about 12...
NASA is offering a free e-book as the Cassini mission comes to a dramatic end with a fatal plunge into Saturn on Sept. 15, 2017....
“The NOAA-NASA satellite GOES-16 captured this geocolor image of Hurricane Irma passing the eastern end of Cuba at about 8:00 a.m. EDT on Sept. 8,...
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates Representative Jim Bridenstine (R-OK-1) on his nomination to be the next NASA Administrator. “NSS looks forward to working with...
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